Graham Twelftree

Graham H. Twelftree (born 8 July 1950) is an Australian-born biblical scholar who currently serves as the Academic Dean at
London School of Theology in London, UK. Upon earning his master's degree from Oxford University, Twelftree went on to study
under world-renowned New Testament scholar James D. G. Dunn at the University of Nottingham. After completing his doctoral
dissertation Jesus, the Exorcist: A Contribution to the Study of the Historical Jesus, he went on to author dozens of books and journal
articles including perhaps his most noted work Jesus the Miracle Worker: A Historical & Theological Study (Grand Rapids: IVP,
1999). Through his writings Twelftree has made a significant contribution to what has been called the third quest for the historical
Jesus. He also serves on the editorial board of The Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus (Sheffield Academic Press). Before
his post at London School of Theology, Twelftree was PhD Program Director and Charles Holman Professor of New Testament and
Early Christianity at Regent University's School of Divinity in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He has also served as pastor of a Vineyard
church in Adelaide, Australia.

Contents
Writing
Thesis
Published chapters and journal articles
Books
Professional memberships
External links
References

Writing
Twelftree has written or edited numerous books, journal articles, and reviews. He is noted for demonstrating that the historical Jesus
was an exorcist.[1]

Thesis
Twelftree, Graham H. (1975). The Concept of Man in Karl Marx and the New Testament (B.A. Hons). Adelaide: University of
Adelaide, Dept. of Politics.

Published chapters and journal articles

"Demon-Possession and Exorcism in the New e Tstament," with James D. G. Dunn, Churchman (London) 94 (1980),
pp. 210–25.
"Jesus in Jewish Traditions," in Gospel Perspectives: The Jesus Tradition Outside the Gospels, ed., David Wenham
(Sheffield: JSOT, 1985), pp. 289–341.
"If I cast out demons?" in Gospel Perspectives: The Miracles of Jesus, ed., David W enham and Craig Blomberg
(Sheffield: JSOT, 1986), pp. 361–400.
"The Place of Exorcism in Contemporary Ministry ," St Mark's Review (Canberra) 127 (September 1986), pp. 25–39.
"Exorcism in the New Testament and in Contemporary Ministry: A Reader's Guide, in Christian Book Newsletter 5 (8,
November 1987), pp. 7–11.
"Jesus as an Exorcist," in New Times (Adelaide, South Australia) May 1987, pp. 9–10.
"Devil and Demons," in New Dictionary of Theology , ed., Sinclair B. Ferguson and David F
. Wright (Leicester and
Downers Grove: IVP, 1988), pp. 196–98.
"Exorcism," in New Dictionary of Theology , ed., Sinclair B. Ferguson and David F . Wright (Leicester and Downers
Grove: IVP, 1988), pp. 244–46.
"Job," in Daily Bread (Melbourne: Scripture Union, January–March 1990).
"Mark," in The Message of the Bible, ed., George Carey (T ring, UK: Lion, 1988), pp. 156–64.
"The Message of 1 Corinthians," in The Message of the Bible, ed., George Carey ring, (T UK: Lion, 1988), pp. 210–
15.
"The Message of 2 Corinthians," in The Message of the Bible, ed., George Carey ring, (T UK: Lion, 1988), pp. 216–
219.
"Church Agenda: The Lucan Perspective," in Evangelism and Preaching in Secular Australia: Essays in Honour of
Arthur Jackson, ed., with R. Dean Drayton (Melbourne: JBCE, 1989), pp. 59–73.
"Discipleship in Mark's Gospel," St Mark's Review (Canberra) 141 (1990), pp. 5–11.
"Blasphemy," in Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, ed., Joel B. Green and Scot McKnight (Downers Grove and
Leicester: IVP, 1992), pp. 75–77.
"Demon, Devil, Satan," in Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, ed., Joel B. Green and Scot McKnight (Downers
Grove and Leicester: IVP, 1992), 163–72.
"La possession démoniaque et l'exorcisme dans le Nouveau estament," T with J. D. G. Dunn, Hokhma 51 (1992),
pp. 34–52.
"Sanhedrin," in Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, ed., Joel B. Green and Scot McKnight (Downers Grove and
Leicester: IVP, 1992), pp. 728–32.
"Scribes," in Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, ed., Joel B. Green and Scot McKnight (Downers Grove and
Leicester: IVP, 1992), pp. 732–35.
"Temptation of Jesus," in Dictionary of Jesusand the Gospels, ed., Joel B. Green and Scot McKnight (Downers
Grove and Leicester: IVP, 1992), pp. 821–27.
"Healing, Illness," in Dictionary of Paul and His Letters, ed., Gerald.FHawthorne, Ralph P. Martin and Daniel G.
Reid (Downers Grove and Leicester: IVP , 1993), pp. 378–81.
"But What is Exorcism?" New Times (Adelaide, South Australia) March 1993, p. 14.
"Signs, Wonders, Miracles," in Dictionary of Paul and His Letters, ed., Gerald F. Hawthorne, Ralph P. Martin and
Daniel G. Reid (Downers Grove and Leicester: IVP , 1993), pp. 875–77.
"The Holy Spirit Hits Hope Valley," in Renewal (Crowborough, UK) 222 (November 1994),p. 50.
"The Demonic," in New Dictionary of Christian Ethics and Pastoral Theology , ed., David J. Atkinson and David Field
(Leicester and Downers Grove: IVP , 1995), pp. 296–97.
"The Holy Spirit Hits Hope Valley," in Fresh Outpourings of the Holy Spirit: The Impact of oronto,T ed., Wallace
Boulton (Crowborough, UK: Monarch, 1995), pp. 29–31.
"Mark," in G. Carey and R. Keeley, ed., The Bible for Everyday Life (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996)
"The Message of 1 Corinthians," in G. Carey and R. Keeley , ed., The Bible for Everyday Life (Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 1996)
"The Message of 2 Corinthians," in G. Carey and R. Keeley , ed., The Bible for Everyday Life (Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 1996)
"Demon-Possession and Exorcism in the New e Tstament," with James D. G. Dunn, in The Christ and the Spirit,
collected essays of James D. G. Dunn, 2 volumes (Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1998), 2: 170–86.
"The Place of Exorcism in Contemporary Ministry ," Anvil 5 (St. Albans, UK) (2, 1988), pp. 133–50.
"Signs and Wonders," in New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, ed., T. D. Alexander and Brian S. Rosner (Downers
Grove and Leicester: IVP, 2000), pp. 775–81.
"Sanhedrin," in Dictionary of New Testament Background, ed., Craig A. Evans and Stanley E. Porter (Downers
Grove and Leicester: IVP, 2000), pp. 1061–65.
"Scribes," in Dictionary of New Testament Background, ed., Craig A. Evans and Stanley E. Porter (Downers Grove
and Leicester: IVP, 2000), pp. 1086–89.
"Spiritual Powers," in New Dictionary of Biblical Theology , ed., T. D. Alexander and Brian S. Rosner (Downers Grove
and Leicester: IVP, 2000), pp. 796–802.
"Testing," in New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, ed., T. D. Alexander and Brian S. Rosner (Downers Grove and
Leicester: IVP, 2000), pp. 796–802.
"Exorcism in the Fourth Gospel and the Synoptics," in Robert .TFortna and Tom Thatcher, ed., Jesus in Johannine
Tradition (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2001), pp. 135–43.
"The Miracles of Jesus: Marginal or Mainstream"? Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus (Shef field University
Press) 1 (1, 2003), 104–124.
"The History of Miracles in the Jesus of History ," in Scot McKnight and Grant R. Osborne, ed., The Face of New
Testament Studies: A Survey of Recent Research (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic and Leicester , UK:
Apollos/IVP, 2004).
"Theology and the Church—Divorce or Remarriage?: A Response" (January 2004)yndale T Fellowship for Biblical
and Theological Research.
 "Prayer and the Coming of the Spirit in Acts," Expository iTmes 117 (7, 2006): 271–76.
"Beelzebul," New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible(Nashville, Tenn.: Abingdon, 2006), 1.417–418.
"Jesus the Exorcist and Ancient Magic," in A Kind of Magic. Understanding Magic in the Newestament
T and its
Religious Environment, ed., Michael Labahn, Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte (Library of Newestament
T Studies 306,
European Studies in Christian Origins; London, New o Yrk: T&T Clark, 2007), pp. 57–86.

Books
Twelftree, Graham H. (1984).Christ Triumphant: Exorcism Then and Now. London: Hodder and Stoughton.
———; Drayton, R. Dean, eds. (1989). Evangelism and Preaching in Secular Australia: Essays in Honour of Arthur
Jackson. Melbourne: JBCE.
——— (1991). Heaven Sent: The Urgency of Mission. Homebush West, NSW: Anzea.
——— (1991). At Your Service: Ministry and Leadership. Homebush West, NSW: Anzea.
——— (1991). Seeking and Finding: It Matters What We Believe. Homebush West, NSW: Anzea.
——— (1993). Jesus the Exorcist: A Contribution to the Study of the Historical Jesus
. Tubingen & Peabody, MA:
Mohr & Hendrickson.
——— (1993). The Way of Discipleship: Mark 8 to 10. Sydney & Oxford: Albatross & IBRA.
——— (1994). Drive the Point Home: 200 Powerful and Poignant Stories for Speakers, Preachers andeachers.
T
Crowborough: Monarch.
——— (1996). Get the Point Across: 200 Effective and Entertaining Stories for Speakers, Preachers andeachers.
T
Crowborough: Monarch.
——— (1999). Jesus the Miracle Worker: A Historical and Theological Study . Downers Grove, IL: IVP.
——— (2002). Thinking Clearly About Life After Death. London: Monarch.
——— (2003). Your Point Being? 300 Striking Stories for Speakers, Preachers and Teachers. London: Monarch.
——— (2007). In the Name of Jesus: Exorcism Among Early Christians . Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic.
——— (2009). People of the Spirit: Exploring Luke's View of the Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic.
——— (2011). The Cambridge Companion to Miracles. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
——— (2013). Paul and the Miraculous. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic.

Professional memberships
Editorial Board, Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus (Shef
field University Press, UK)
Institute for Biblical Research
Institute for Biblical Research, board of directors
Society of Biblical Literature
Society of Biblical Literature Study Group: The historical Jesus in John's Gospel
Society for Pentecostal Studies
Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas
The Association of Vineyard Churches
Tyndale Fellowship, Cambridge, UK

External links
Regent University School of Divinity
Graham Twelftree Profile
Graham Twelftree's Web page

References
1. Witherington 1997, pp. 112–113.

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